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A round-up of Longhorn screenshots are posted here.


This morning me and some of my friends received emails forwarded from known people. Here is the one.

Tonight a rectoscalar wave is passing at 10.25 pm, Indian Standard Time.... This causes damage in mobiles and computers..... So switch off your mobiles and computers at the specified time... This ...

I am back to work after a long weekend. Courtesy Dasara holidays.


DHARMAPURI: Veerappan, India's most wanted and most elusive brigand who murdered with impunity, was finally shot dead in his jungle hideout by elite commandos using some of the very tactics he employed for well over two decades to build a vast criminal empire.

Using deception, undercover agents and a ...


A police force headed by Mr. K Vijay Kumar shot the most wanted Sandalwood smuggler Veerapan last night to dead. There is no wonder in shooting him instead of getting him alive for political as well as other reasons. Okey let us not make it a big issue. Let us ...


Intel cuts prices on laptop computer chips as much as 34%. Read more about this here. Now I can think about buying a Intel Pentium M laptop!


Hey Tom, I wish you a very happy birthday and many more happy returns of the day.


A recent humor that I came across. Disclaimer: I am not the author of this. The following is the view/imagination/whatever of the original author.

George Bush is visiting the Queen of England. He asks her, "Your Majesty, how do you run such an efficient government? Are there any ...


Tamil Nadu government executes a plan by which water from Veeraanam lake is supplied as drinking water to Chennai through gaint pipeline. It is serving a a great relief for the water scarcity problem in Chennai. But, farmers from Veeraanam are going to protest today against supplying water to Chennai ...


Usually India had a bit of luck with the rain in the past history. But this time, it is an anti-climax for the 2nd test match of India Vs. Australia at Chennai, India. India yet to play the fifth day of the match chasing 210 runs with 10 wickets in ...